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Brian Balough

The American History Guys' Backstory

The humanities version of Car Talk.

By Courteney Stuart

humanities, November/December, 2009, Volume 30, Issue 6
Samuel Johnson's 1755 Dictionary

What Samuel Johnson Really Did

He made dictionaries matter.

By Michael Adams

humanities, September/October, 2009, Volume 30, Issue 5
Regional map of Burnham's Chicago Plan

Taming the Savage City

One hundred years later, Daniel Burnham's Plan of Chicago still inspires.

By Carl Smith

humanities, September/October, 2009, Volume 30, Issue 5
Peter Cooper, 1850

Peter Cooper’s Big Ideas

Steam engines and Jell-O paled beside the famed inventor's greatest legacy.

By James Williford

humanities, September/October, 2009, Volume 30, Issue 5
G. Harold Carswell in his Tallahassee, Florida, chambers, April 1970.

Supremely Contentious

The Transformation of “Advice and Consent”

By Meredith Hindley

humanities, September/October, 2009, Volume 30, Issue 5
Philip Mosely with Fred Stolling

The Cold War’s Organization Man

How Philip Mosely helped Soviet Studies moderate U.S. foreign policy.

By David C. Engerman

humanities, September/October, 2009, Volume 30, Issue 5
Image of A View of Two Lakes and Mountain House, Morning, 1844 by Thomas Cole.

Living Off the Landscape

How Thomas Cole and Frederic Church made themselves at home in the Hudson River Valley.

By Tom Christopher

humanities, July/August, 2009, Volume 30, Issue 4
Image of definition of "aint" from Webster's Second.

Ain’t That the Truth

Webster's Third: The Most Controversial Dictionary in the English Language.

By David Skinner

humanities, July/August, 2009, Volume 30, Issue 4
Image of Wallace Stegner

Proud Flesh

A recollection of Wallace Stegner.

By Kenneth Fields

humanities, July/August, 2009, Volume 30, Issue 4

Swimming Through Libraries

What Herman Melville read, and how he read, inspired his masterpiece.

By James Williford

humanities, July/August, 2009, Volume 30, Issue 4